Islamabad police baton charge Aurat March participants.

ISLAMABAD -- The cops of capital city police on Wednesday baton-charged the participants of Aurat March who attempted to storm into a no-go area. The area outside National Press Club turned into a battle field when the protestors of Aurat March made advancement to area blocked by police by placing barbed wires and other barricades.

The protestors chanted slogans against officers of Islamabad police and turned the action as 'brutality against women on eve of International Women's Day.' Interior Minister Rana Sana Ullah has ordered suspension of the police officers and cops involved in restoring baton charge on participants of Aurat March. Inspector General of Police Islamabad Dr Akbar Nasir Khan also took notice of the incident and sought report from DIG Operations. According to details, Aurat March turned violent as protesters and law enforcers came face to face.

A female participant of Aurat March attempted to make forced entry into no-go area by breaching police security. She also tried to catch SP from his arm who reacted and shouted at woman, 'Don't touch me.' Meanwhile, the cops having sticks into hands started beating the participants of Aurat March in order to push them behind from the barricades placed by the police to stop marchers from entering in no-go area. Clips of the violent incident surfaced on social media showing the cops first tried to prevent the feminist activists from barging into the restricted area which prompted a heated debate. Saleha Rauf, an activist, can be seen trading blows with SP Islamabad Nosherwan Ali, who yelled and warned not to touch him, according to videos which went viral on social media.

The verbal spat later escalated when Aurat March members tried to enter the no-go area, forcing cops to use baton charge to dispel the enraged agitators. Women at the march alleged that the police had 'tried hard to stop the rally.' Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman also participated in the rally and strongly condemned the violence that broke out. Taking to her Twitter handle, Sherry Rehman said: 'Friends from Aurat Azadi March are rightly upset.

The Islamabad police had NO business laathi charging a small peaceful procession. It is the women holding...